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What Instagram Algorithm Changes Mean for Your Business

From diversifying your social media strategy to experimenting with your marketing tactics, here are some steps your business can take when there’s a big social media shift.

8 Things to Try if Your Business Growth Has Stagnated

There are plenty of small business growth strategies you can use to jumpstart your business back to life and restore the momentum of your growth.

Increase Online Orders Through Your Restaurant Website

Learn how to easily accept online orders to improve margins and build customer loyalty.

Sustainable Business Certifications You May Want to Consider

From carbon neutral to cruelty-free, businesses are committing to business practices that are sustainable, eco-friendly, and they are certifying them. Here are the sustainable business certificates you may want to consider applying to for your business.

How This Bakery Used Technology to Evolve Like a Big Business

Trina Gregory-Propst credits her restaurant’s unexpected success to its high food quality, commitment to customer service, and willingness to embrace new technology that allows her staff to operate at a high level.

Your Essential Full-Service Restaurant Equipment Checklist

Creating a list of equipment that meets the requirements of your restaurant’s menu ensures everything will be in place ahead of the big opening day.

How to Add a Second Location: 6 Cost-Effective Tips

Considering expanding but unsure where to start? Here are tips for planning, staffing, soft opening, and marketing a second business.

How to Scale a Baking Business

Through 20 years operating Piononos, Maria Luisa Benavides has learned the ins and outs of running a bake shop and a team.

How to Break Into the Headshot Photography Business

Six years into her successful new career, Malena Vasquez shares her tips for connecting with clients and growing a professional services business.

The 100-Year Journey That Led to Miami's Cerveceria La Tropical

Manny Portuondo is bringing a modern Miami audience a product and an experience reminiscent of La Tropical’s original Cuban location, with plans to expand globally.

How To Write a Business Report: 3 Types of Business Reports

To find useful insight into how your business is performing, you need to analyze all this data. Learn how to create meaningful business reports for managing your business.

How Much Does It Cost to Start a Business?

What does it cost to start a business? We’ll break down how much you’ll spend to get your small business up and running, along with the types of expenses for starting a new business.

Using Contactless Payments to Build Customer Connections

Businesses and customers alike are embracing new ways to pay in-store and online. Here are ways these business owners are changing the way they do business with new payment technologies.

What Young Entrepreneurs and Influencers are Focused on in 2022

Here’s a compilation of tips and predicted trends from a range of Gen Z and Millennial experts that can help business owners shape their approaches to work in 2022.

How to Optimize Your Bookings on Social Media

Whether you’re a spa, salon or personal trainer, social media booking — and Instagram booking specifically — is a high-growth area to consider investing in and optimizing.

How Selling on TikTok Saved This Mission-Driven Business

When Jessica Thompson had to quickly pivot her zero-waste eco-friendly shop, Bee Joyful, to primarily online, selling on TikTok helped turn her store into a sensation.

From Inventory to Payroll, Here Are Areas Business Owners Are Automating This Year

From invoices and inventory to payroll and email automations, here are some of the ways small business owners optimized their business operations this year.

How to Set Up a Loyalty Program that Works

Loyalty programs are a great way to build customer loyalty and grow revenue. Use these tips to set up one for your small business.

As the Labor Shortage Continues, Businesses Look to Automation

The pandemic has been an inflection point for businesses across industries for many reasons. This includes the current labor shortage — which is proving to be an ongoing reality. One solution many businesses are turning to is automation for everyday tasks.

How to Test and Promote New Revenue Streams

Small businesses, from beauty salons to restaurants to retail stores, have a wide range of options for adding auxiliary revenue streams. Here’s what to consider if you want to expand your offerings.

How to Start an Online Store

Thinking about starting an online store? Here is what you need to know and the steps to take to get started.

How to Grow Your Personal Training Business

Here are some tips and tools for standing out across platforms, increasing your reach, and booking new fitness clients.

Augie's Montreal Deli Closes Temporarily as Meat Prices Soar

Augie’s Montreal Deli, a deli-market combo loved by locals made the difficult decision to close down temporarily rather than raise prices. Unexpected changes, however, have also yielded new opportunities.

How Online Sales Help Small Brick-and-Mortar Stores Expand

A study published by the Data Catalyst Institute found that small and medium retailers have been able to exploit technology and the internet to their benefit. A survey of 2,000 small to medium retailers were asked how they reached their customers.

How Ice Cream Social Is Extending The Seasons For Their Seasonal Business

Following two successful summer seasons, digital agency and ice cream truck, Ice Cream Social tested a fall truck this season. Here’s how they extended their offerings and the business’ seasons from summer to fall.

When is it Time for Your Small Business to Graduate to a More Robust Payments System?

Like many small-business owners, Brea Gladney used multiple peer-to-peer payment apps and found it quickly became messy to keep track of payments. “They just didn’t give me what I needed to stay organized in my business,” she says.

Talking Squarely: How Business Owners Are Navigating Another Unusual Holiday Season

In this episode of the Talking Squarely podcast, three business owners discuss their approach to this holiday season, the challenges they are facing, and what’s giving them hope as they ring in 2022.

The Art of Donut: Why This Successful Entrepreneur Wants to be a Mentor

Even as a child in Mexico Andrea Aguirre dreamed of owning a business. Now, the successful owner of The Art of Donut shares why she wants to help other women avoid the challenges she faced.

The Best Small Business Ideas for 2022

Are you an entrepreneur looking for small business ideas to capitalize on in the new year? We pulled together a list of business ideas for 2022.

3 Apps To Help Businesses Plan Customer Events

Here are a few flexible apps that make tasks like assembling invite lists, sending ticketing information, or updating a live celebration to a livestream as easy as a few clicks.

Business Entity 101: What Business Structure Works for You?

Learn about business entities and each business entity type, along with how to choose which business structure is right for you.

How to Set Up a Business Website: 8 Steps to Get Started

Customers often research businesses online before visiting, and your website is an opportunity to own your narrative. Here are eight steps that can help you build out your business website.

7 Tips for Successful Flash Sales and Product Drops

Flash sales and product drops can generate excitement among your audience while giving your sales (and brand image) a quick lift. Here are tips for making these promotions successful.

Drop Shipping Guide: What is Drop Shipping and How Does it Work?

Drop shipping is a popular inventory method for online businesses. Learn everything about how drop shipping works and decide if it’s right for your business.

13 Email Marketing Best Practices That Get Results

Read our 13 email marketing best practices to optimize your next email marketing campaign.

How to Create an Online Holiday Shopping Experience

Holiday shopping will continue to take place online this year. Here’s how to get your site ready for shoppers as customer behavior continues to evolve.